A Mendes crackpot we were linked with.......
Am i right in thinking that say we sold coady and Gibbs white for a combined 50 m we could then buy 5 30m players and that would in effect cost 30m per season if they were all on 5 year contracts ? As we seem to make approx 20m per season we would then make 40m in profit next year covering those 5 players 30m for the following season and if we sold someone else obviously gives even more revenue ? If this is the case as long as you run the club correctly and keep being able to sell the odd player at a profit a club can be run well without having to have an owner with deep pockets
With FFP you can yeah but we already take cashflow loans each year to cover salaries like a lot of Prem clubs do, so it isn't as simple as following that
Thought we’d get at least 20 for him
Sounds about right. What did you expect? 50 mill just because he shouts a lot during England training camp?
If he goes for 12m then it's obviously the club doing him a favour for his service, and being put out on his **** this season.
Ye how it works is if you sell a player for £20m and they sit on your balance sheet at £10m at the time of sale you make a £10m profit on disposal that goes straight to your P&L (counted towards profit).
Well, the last line was pretty accurate anyway
It's in the Mail, so take it with a barrel of salt.
I am absolutely fuming and upset by this.
Talking **** Dan, sorry.
In essence yes, but then in year two onwards you’d need to continue selling to cover the amortisation.
If he’s not going to play what should the club do? Bench him forever and ruin his World Cup dream?
But this doesn’t matter Bill, he’s only worth £12m.
This feels like it could be a mistake. We’ve given him no chance to get into the team in a back 4 and will be taking away a huge option if we do need stability after a bad run. That’s not even taking into account how much he offers us behind the scenes too.
Honest answer is know who’s. Coady has been front and centre for years and is probably more comfortable in front of the media but the dynamic in the dressing is unknown to us outside of it.
Nuno always talked about us creating and having an identity but we are losing it with the turnover of the key players that created it. Think about the likely scenario imo we don’t have Mouts and Neves this time next year and don’t think we will have one at all except for being a selling club.
For a start it ruins our flexibility and pretty much pegs us to 4 at the back forever.
It’s a big risk for the club.. as soon as things go wrong the fans will get upset, because Coady was a figurehead fans felt they could rely on. Always gave his best and was a great captain, of a great era.
The leader / legend but I’m bang on side. I just got my daughter the new shirt with Coady on the back. Doh.
